The College Pump

Updated 8.29.2023

Happy XCth

March-April 2002

Click here for the March-April 2002 issue table of contents

Most popular

Headstone reading "Here Lies University" in Latin

This is How Universities Die

Higher ed thrived in Berlin and Beijing. Then government stepped in.

Harvard graduates gather outside in 1965

The Harvard and Radcliffe Classes of ’65 Reflect at Reunion

These octogenarians look to the future with hope, and a sense of responsibility.

Harvard President Responds to Secretary of Education

Alan Garber outlines steps the University has taken, and emphasizes compliance with the law.

Explore More From Current Issue

Alice Hamilton in a dark dress with high lace collar, gazing left in a sepia-toned portrait

Alice Hamilton at Harvard—Pioneer for Women in Medicine

Brief life of a public-health pioneer and reformer: 1869-1970

Minimalist dove flying above a lake with its reflection below and sun overhead

Biology's "Mirror Organisms"—And Their Dangers

Life forms built from left-handed DNA and RNA could threaten Earth’s plants, animals, and insects.

Man sits outside "Golden Gate of Liberty" under sign that reads, "“Notice—communist, nihilist, socialist, Fenian & hoodlum welcome but no admittance to Chinamen.”

Chinese Immigrants in Early America

Michael Luo ’98 on the first great wave of immigration—and of nativist anti-immigrant reaction